PNWU Student Doctors Angie Yossef and Ryan Voelker recently attended the American Medical Association (AMA) Interim Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The pair joined us to share their advocacy-fueled Aloha State adventures.

PNWU Student Doctors Ana Caudillo, Karla Saenz Reyes and Ryan Voelker recently returned from the one-week Kidney TREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) Program. Sponsored by the American Society of Nephrology and hosted at the University of Chicago, the week-long program is designed to foster interest in careers in nephrology and research through a week-long research course retreat and long-term mentorship program.

For the fourth year in a row, PNWU had the highest number of Kidney TREKS applicants in North America, with three PNWU Student Doctors selected to attend. Student Doctor Voelker recently joined us to discuss his Windy City experience, and the benefits such courses offer to the education of our student doctors.

Entering into her first year of medical school, PNWU Student Doctor Israa Alshaikhli had a grand vision in her mind of the wondrous experience ahead. Then, life offered her a different plan.

In her first blog appearance, Student Doctor Alshaikhli shares her perspective on adversity, faith, and a campus community that’s become a family.

As student doctors across the country prepare for their first clinical rotation experiences, PNWU Osteopathic Medicine Scholar Katie Ackerman offers five tips to maximize the potential of third year.

“Once third year starts, our focus switches to real people; patients with real concerns,” explains Student Doctor Ackerman. “Suddenly, you have an opportunity to make a real difference.”